BENEFITS: Daily Refuge and Offering accumulates vast merit and positive karma and purifies past negative karma, removing obstacles and obstructions and taming the 5 Poisons.

VIDEO (Captioned for chant along):

FROM THE @3GemsBand  – NEW RELEASE FOR OUR FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY on YOUTUBE! Śaraṇaṃ Gacchāmi: Sanskrit Refuge & Offering by @3GemsBand This is the SECOND in our series of foundational practices. Here we sing the Refuge in the Three Jewels, Offerings, Four Immeasurables, Aspiration and Dedications in SANSKRIT (yesterday’s release in this series was in PALI) — @3GemsBand sings the daily refuge and offerings to the Three Jewels, a crucially important practice.

(AVAILABLE on your favorite Music Streamer under 3Gems Band., title “Saranam Gacchami Sanskrit Refuge and Offering  🌟 🌟 🌟

FOR THE RELEASE, for sing along. Here are the SANSKRIT lyrics (with Devanagari, IAST (and English Translation in brackets):

Saranam Gacchami Sanskrit Refuge and Offering

(Śaraṇaṃ Gacchāmi: Sanskrit Refuge & Offering)

SECTION 1: Homage to the Buddha

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नमो तस्स भगवतो अरहतो सम्मा–सम्बुद्धस्स
Namo tasya bhagavataḥ arhataḥ sammā-sambuddhasya
(Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened Buddha)

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नमो तस्स भगवतो अरहतो सम्मा–सम्बुद्धस्स
Namo tasya bhagavataḥ arhataḥ sammā-sambuddhasya
(Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened Buddha)

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नमो तस्स भगवतो अरहतो सम्मा–सम्बुद्धस्स
Namo tasya bhagavataḥ arhataḥ sammā-sambuddhasya
(Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Fully Enlightened Buddha)

SECTION 2: Three Refuges – First Repetition

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बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि
Buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(I take refuge in the Buddha)

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धर्मं शरणं गच्छामि
Dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(I take refuge in the Dharma)

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सङ्घं शरणं गच्छामि
Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(I take refuge in the Saṅgha)

SECTION 3: Three Refuges – Second Repetition

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द्वितीयम्पि बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि
Dvitīyampi buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(For the second time, I take refuge in the Buddha)

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द्वितीयम्पि धर्मं शरणं गच्छामि
Dvitīyampi dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(For the second time, I take refuge in the Dharma)

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द्वितीयम्पि सङ्घं शरणं गच्छामि
Dvitīyampi saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(For the second time, I take refuge in the Saṅgha)

SECTION 4: Three Refuges – Third Repetition

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तृतीयम्पि बुद्धं शरणं गच्छामि
Tṛtīyampi buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(For the third time, I take refuge in the Buddha)

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तृतीयम्पि धर्मं शरणं गच्छामि
Tṛtīyampi dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(For the third time, I take refuge in the Dharma)

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तृतीयम्पि सङ्घं शरणं गच्छामि
Tṛtīyampi saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi
(For the third time, I take refuge in the Saṅgha)

SECTION 5: Confession of Faults – to the Buddha

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कायेन वाचा चित्तेन प्रमादेन मया कृतम्
Kāyena vācā cittena pramādena mayā kṛtam
(Whatever wrong I have done through body, speech, or mind, through negligence)

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अत्ययं क्षम मे भोः भूरिप्रज्ञ तथागत
Atyayaṃ kṣama me bhoḥ bhūriprajña tathāgata
(Forgive me that transgression, O Venerable One of great wisdom, the Tathāgata)

SECTION 6: Confession of Faults – to the Dharma

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कायेन वाचा चित्तेन प्रमादेन मया कृतम्
Kāyena vācā cittena pramādena mayā kṛtam
(Whatever wrong I have done through body, speech, or mind, through negligence)

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अत्ययं क्षम मे धर्म दृष्टधर्मिक अकालिक
Atyayaṃ kṣama me dharma dṛṣṭadharmika akālika
(Forgive me that transgression, O Dharma that is visible here-and-now and timeless)

SECTION 7: Confession of Faults – to the Saṅgha

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कायेन वाचा चित्तेन प्रमादेन मया कृतम्
Kāyena vācā cittena pramādena mayā kṛtam
(Whatever wrong I have done through body, speech, or mind, through negligence)

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अत्ययं क्षम मे सङ्घ सुप्रतिपन्न अनुत्तर
Atyayaṃ kṣama me saṅgha supratipanna anuttara
(Forgive me that transgression, O Saṅgha that has practiced well and supremely)

SECTION 8: Offering of Light – Praise to the Buddha

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गन्धसारप्रदीपेन दीपेन तमोहत
Gandhasārapradīpena dīpena tamohata
(By this fragrant, essential lamp that dispels darkness)

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त्रिलोकदीपं सम्बुद्धं पूजयामि तमोनुदम्
Trilokadīpaṃ sambuddhaṃ pūjayāmi tamonudam
(I honour the Fully Enlightened One, the light of the three worlds, the dispeller of darkness)

SECTION 9: Offering of Flowers

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वर्णगन्धगुणोपेतमेतत्कुसुमसन्तति
Varṇagandhaguṇopetam etat kusumasantatim
(This garland of flowers, endowed with colour, fragrance, and virtue)

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पूजयामि मुनीन्द्रस्य श्रीपदासरोरुहे
Pūjayāmi munīndrasya śrīpadāsaroruhe
(I offer at the lotus feet of the supreme sage)

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पूजयामि बुद्धं कुसुमेन अनेन पुण्येन एतेन च भोतु मोक्षम्
Pūjayāmi buddhaṃ kusumena anena puṇyena etena ca bhotu mokṣam
(I honour the Buddha with these flowers; may this merit bring liberation)

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पुष्पं म्लायति यथा इदं मे कायः तथा याति विनाशभावम्
Puṣpaṃ mlāyati yathā idaṃ me kāyaḥ tathā yāti vināśabhāvam
(Just as these flowers wither, so too my body will reach destruction)

SECTION 10: Offering of Food – First Request

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अधिवासयतु नो भोः भोजनं परिकल्पितम्
Adhivāsayatu no bhoḥ bhojanaṃ parikalpitam
(May the Venerable One kindly accept this prepared meal)

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अनुकम्पामुपादाय प्रतिगृह्णातु उत्तम
Anukampāmupādāya pratigṛhṇātu uttama
(Out of compassion, may the Supreme One receive it)

SECTION 11: Offering of Drink – Second Request

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अधिवासयतु नो भोः पानीयं परिकल्पितम्
Adhivāsayatu no bhoḥ pānīyaṃ parikalpitam
(May the Venerable One kindly accept this prepared drink)

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अनुकम्पामुपादाय प्रतिगृह्णातु उत्तम
Anukampāmupādāya pratigṛhṇātu uttama
(Out of compassion, may the Supreme One receive it)

SECTION 12: Offering of Everything – Third Request

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अधिवासयतु नो भोः सर्वं श्रद्धया पूजितम्
Adhivāsayatu no bhoḥ sarvaṃ śraddhayā pūjitam
(May the Venerable One kindly accept all that is offered in faith)

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अनुकम्पामुपादाय प्रतिगृह्णातु उत्तम
Anukampāmupādāya pratigṛhṇātu uttama
(Out of compassion, may the Supreme One receive it)

SECTION 13: Aspirations, Blessings & The Four Immeasurables

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इष्टं प्रार्थितं युष्माकं क्षिप्रमेव समृध्यताम्
Iṣṭaṃ prārthitaṃ yuṣmākaṃ kṣiprameva samṛdhyatām
(May all your wishes and desires quickly be fulfilled)

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सर्वे पूर्यन्तु सङ्कल्पाः चन्द्रः पूर्णरसो यथा मणिज्योतिरसो यथा
Sarve pūryantu saṅkalpāḥ candraḥ pūrṇaraso yathā maṇijyotiraso yathā
(May all your aspirations be fulfilled, like the full-moon light, like the radiant jewel)

FOUR IMMEASURABLES (BRAHMAVIHĀRĀḤ)

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मैत्रीं भावयामि सर्वेषां भूतानां सुखचेतसा
Maitrīṃ bhāvayāmi sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ sukhacetasā
(I cultivate loving-kindness toward all beings with a happy mind)

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करुणां भावयामि सर्वेषां दुःखमोचनीम्
Karuṇāṃ bhāvayāmi sarveṣāṃ duḥkhamocanīm
(I cultivate compassion that frees all beings from suffering)

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मुदितां भावयामि सर्वेषां हर्षवर्धिनीम्
Muditāṃ bhāvayāmi sarveṣāṃ harṣavardhinīm
(I cultivate sympathetic joy that increases the happiness of all beings)

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उपेक्षां भावयामि सर्वेषां समचेतसा
Upekṣāṃ bhāvayāmi sarveṣāṃ samacetasā
(I cultivate equanimity toward all beings with a balanced mind)

SECTION 14: Final Homage

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बुद्धं भगवन्तमभिवादयामि
Buddhaṃ bhagavantam abhivādayāmi
(I bow down to the Buddha, the Blessed One)

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धर्मं नमस्यामि
Dharmaṃ namasyāmi
(I honour the Dharma)

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सङ्घं नमामि
Saṅghaṃ namāmi
(I bow to the Saṅgha)